Notice2023-04896
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
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Published
March 10, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California San Diego has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from San Diego County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15077-15078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04896]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035443; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California San
Diego, San Diego, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California San Diego has
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from San Diego County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after April 10, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Eva Trujillo, University of California San Diego, 9500
Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, telephone (858) 414-4609, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cbaefcbfb9bea1a2a7a7a48bbea8b8afe5aeafbe"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7510420107001f1c19191a35001606115b101100">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
University of California San Diego. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held
by the University of California San Diego.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the Shumway Lot of the Scripps Estates in La Jolla, San Diego
County, CA. This location is identified as Hubbs site number
``1958:XII:13 (A) SEA. (Scripps Estates) Shumway Lot.'' In 1958, Dr.
Carl Leavitt Hubbs, an employee of the University of California, San
Diego/Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UCSD), removed the human
remains and associated funerary objects from the site. The 19
associated funerary objects are one lot of chipped stone, one lot of
modified faunal material, five lots of modified shell, one lot of
pebbles, one lot of plant leaf fragments, one lot of soil, two lots of
unmodified faunal material, and seven lots of unmodified shell.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Spindrift Drive of the Scripps Estates in La Jolla, San Diego
County, CA. This location is identified as Hubbs site number
``1961:IX:28A Dec 6'' and ``Spindrift Drive Midden Dec VI (W-1).'' In
1961, Dr. Carl Leavitt Hubbs of UCSD removed the human remains and
associated funerary objects from the site. The five associated funerary
objects are one lot of ceramic sherds, one lot of charcoal, one lot of
stone, one lot of unmodified faunal material, and one lot of unmodified
shell.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Holter's Lot of the Scripps Estates in La Jolla, San Diego County,
CA. This location is identified as Hubbs site number ``1964:IV:Holters
Lot Box 6.'' In 1964, Dr. Carl Leavitt Hubbs of UCSD removed the human
remains and associated funerary objects from the site. The five
associated funerary objects are one lot of chipped stone, one fishing
weight, one metate fragment, one lot of pebbles and gravel, and one lot
of unmodified shell.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the Scripps Estates in La Jolla, San Diego County, CA. This
location is identified as Hubbs site number ``SMT 2 (maybe SMT 1) and
Isaac's Lot.'' In 1958-1959, Dr. Carl Leavitt Hubbs of UCSD removed the
human remains and associated funerary objects from the site. The 17
associated funerary objects are one chipped stone biface, two lots of
lithics, two lots of plant matter, one small volcanic stone, one lot of
stones, four lots of unmodified faunal material, and six lots of
unmodified shell.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the Scripps Estates in La Jolla, San Diego County, CA. This
location is identified as Hubbs site number ``SDI-525 Pit 6.'' In 1958-
1959, Dr. Carl Leavitt Hubbs of UCSD removed the human remains and
associated funerary objects from the site. The 14 associated funerary
objects are one lot of modified faunal material, three lots of pebbles,
three lots of plant matter, one shell
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pendant, two lots of unmodified faunal material, and four lots of
unmodified shell.
The human remains and associated funerary objects listed in this
notice were incorporated into what became known as the ``Hubbs
Collection.'' In 1973, Dr. Hubbs bequeathed the Hubbs Collection to the
Museum of Us (formerly the San Diego Museum of Man). In March of 2004,
the Museum of Us (MoU) deaccessioned the Hubbs Collection and donated
it to the University of San Diego (USD) Anthropology Department,
although some of the collection remained at the MoU. In June of 2020,
the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) became aware of the
Hubbs Collection and, in December 2020, given the scope of the
collection and complexities related to provenance, UCSD, MoU, and USD
reached an agreement to work together to facilitate NAGPRA compliance.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects described in this
notice are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups,
tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group
identity between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of information were used to
reasonably trace the relationship: anthropological information,
archeological information, geographical information, historical
information, and oral tradition.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of California San Diego, CA, has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 60 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at
the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Campo Band of Diegueno Mission
Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation, California; Capitan Grande
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California (Barona Group of Capitan
Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, California;
Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of
the Viejas Reservation, California); Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay
Indians, California; Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, California
(previously listed as Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of
the Santa Ysabel Reservation); Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians
of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, California; Jamul Indian Village
of California; La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La
Posta Indian Reservation, California; Manzanita Band of Diegueno
Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, California; Mesa Grande
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation,
California; San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California;
and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 10, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of
California San Diego must determine the most appropriate requestor
prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single request
and not competing requests. The University of California San Diego is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes
identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: March 1, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-04896 Filed 3-9-23; 8:45 am]
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